Genetic diversity of the HLA system in human populations from the Sierra (Andean), Oriente (Amazonian) and Costa (Coastal) regions of Ecuador.

Genetic diversity of the HLA system in human populations from the Sierra (Andean), Oriente (Amazonian) and Costa (Coastal) regions of Ecuador. Hum Immunol. 2018 Jun 13;: Authors: Galarza JM, Barquera R, Álvarez AMT, Hernández Zaragoza DI, Sevilla GP, Tamayo A, Pérez M, Dávila D, Birnberg L, Alonzo VA, Krause J, Grijalva M Abstract We studied HLA class I (HLA-A, -B) and class II (HLA-DRB1, -DQB1) alleles by PCR-SSP based typing in a total of 1101 Ecuadorian individuals from three regions of the country, the Coastal region, the Andean region, and the Amazonian region, to obtain information regarding allelic and haplotypic frequencies and their linkage disequilibrium. We find that the most frequent HLA haplotypes with significant linkage disequilibrium in those populations are HLA-A∗24∼B∗35∼DRB1∗04∼DQB1∗03:02, A∗02∼B∗35∼DRB1∗04∼DQB1∗03:02, A∗24∼B∗35∼DRB1∗14∼DQB1∗03:01, A∗02∼B∗35∼DRB1∗14∼DQB1∗03:01 and A∗02∼B∗40:02∼DRB1∗04∼DQB1∗03:02. The only non-Native American haplotype with frequency > 1% shared by all groups was A∗29∼B∗44∼DRB1∗07∼DQB1∗02. Admixture estimates obtained by a maximum likelihood method using HLA-B as genetic estimator revealed that the main genetic components for this sample of mixed-ancestry Ecuadorians are Native American (ranging from 52.86% to 63.83%) and European (from 28.95% to 46.54%), while an African genetic component was ...
Source: Human Immunology - Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Tags: Hum Immunol Source Type: research